I feel like there's two big issues at war with this one.
1) The Web 2.0 war over how much legal liability internet platforms have to bear. This is the big one to me, ever since the DMCA this is the pivotal issues about the internet.
2) The ongoing war against E2E encryption. This is a nonissue, the attempts of the authorities to restrict digital encryption are pointless and futile.
I'm a big fan of reform in #1. The big internet platforms like Facebook absolutely need to face far more legal liability for their actions.
But conflating the thing into one big bill that pushes forward E2E encryption restrictions is one of the issues with democracy in America.
There is so much horse trading involved in Washington required to do anything, because of lobbyist vetos, the fact all these issues have to end up in an omnibus bill is ridiculous.
1) The Web 2.0 war over how much legal liability internet platforms have to bear. This is the big one to me, ever since the DMCA this is the pivotal issues about the internet.
2) The ongoing war against E2E encryption. This is a nonissue, the attempts of the authorities to restrict digital encryption are pointless and futile.
I'm a big fan of reform in #1. The big internet platforms like Facebook absolutely need to face far more legal liability for their actions.
But conflating the thing into one big bill that pushes forward E2E encryption restrictions is one of the issues with democracy in America.
There is so much horse trading involved in Washington required to do anything, because of lobbyist vetos, the fact all these issues have to end up in an omnibus bill is ridiculous.